Management of zinc responsive dermatitis in dogs

Abstract

This paper presents the zinc responsive dermatitis and its successful management in dogs. The study included 9 dogs of various breeds, presented to the hospital with the history of erythema lips, crust lesions, hypotrichosis on lips, chin, around the nose and in the interdigital area and 6 healthy animals as a control. The Hb, PCV, TEC, Albumin, glucose and plasma zinc were significantly (p